[Elecraft] Field Day and clean radios

[George Thornton]

Assuming this is not just keying you are also going to have to disinfect the microphone.  You also have issues with computer keyboards for logging.

For working with computers I would think the commercial equipment wipes would be OK.

I typically wet paper towels with alcohol so it is damp but not dripping.  I have used that method to clean screens and keyboards on laptops with no problems.    

I do think the virus is pretty vulnerable outside the human body.   70 percent or higher concentration of alcohol wiped across a surface should kill any virus that got there.

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Michael Van Norman
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:36 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Field Day and clean radios

This sounds like the right answer.  Have operators use gloves and then clean once at the end.

/Mike
K6VN

On 6/16/20 16:31, Wes wrote:
> If you're going to worry about it, nitrile gloves.
>
> Wes  N7WS
>
> On 6/16/2020 4:02 PM, AB1DD wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Question on cleaning a K3, specifically during Field Day. We need to 
>> clean the K3 before a change of operators. What is safe, IE not take 
>> off the button labels? Alcohol? We will take the rubber ring off the 
>> tuning nob.
>>
>> What's good?
>>
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